It's should have and would have not should of and would of

[pippinleaf]

That's all.

ithoughtofitfirst - please don't feel judged. Some of us are lucky enough to still have all that shit ingrained in us by evil ruler-wielding teachers. When people on here use shortcuts to convey a message, my inner 6 year old may wince a little, but, as someone upthread said, it's the meaning that's important, not how well a poster has stuck to grammatical rules.

Innit,Honey.

oh but I don't care really as long as I can understand what people are saying

My favourite ever is "to all intensive purposes" I am neither a pedant or an expert but grrrr

Yanbu. 'Should of' sets my teeth on edge!

lol

why do people love pointing things like this out on MN? So patronising

Pedants corner is over that way >>>>>

But while I'm at it, what's the correct use of whom? Why is there an m at the end? Where did this word come from and when do you use it?!?

This has been bugging me for a long time. We never learned about it in school, or if we did I was off that day

Lapsed - yes your year 7's really do need to know this 'grammar shit'. I'm surprised that you think otherwise.

Oh and "or" being used instead of "nor"

(I don't know what nor means nor do I know when to use it. Is it even a real word? It just seems right after certain words...)

Years ago we looked round a secondary school with Yr 6 dd.

Head of English came over to us in the English dept and proudly showed us to a display board with the pupils best stories pasted onto the board. The centre "star" story had "should of" in the first paragraph.

We left the open evening early.

People use "it's only a chat forum" as an excuse, if they knew the correct way to use the language, then they would use it everywhere.

And it's queue, not que.

Ah thanks, Atm i just suck at 3 languages and it really gets me down. It makes me want to back to school and learn just 1 really well!

It's Welsh for 'no' pretty

jokes. Obv.

Shoot Laura Norder.

I sometimes wonder how many people who use "could of/should of" actually know that it's wrong. It's a very basic error, and it is of concern that people could go through years of schooling without it being pointed out to them.

Most other errors don't bother me much; but this particular one is likely to have a negative impact on any attempt to get a job that relies on the written word.

See you is as bovvered as I is Usual.

Viva I am sure that you meant "the pupils' best stories"...!

Extra gold star for Bathtangle.

Ds has been coming home and using 'should of' he's not even four yet.

Yanbu

Damp squid

The "myself" thing really annoys me, I can't even bear to write an example because it looks all wrong.

"If you could email that to myself that'd be great." Ugh, there, I did it. I feel grubby.

BathTangle I wonder whether we hold the same rank in the Apostrophe Police?

Do people switch to 'chat forum' language? Surely if you speak correctly then it will always come naturally.